Expanding Your Circle New Year Resolution? Here’s 8 Tips On Making Friends As An Adult

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As we approach the end of the year, it’s around the time to start to planning for the new one. Bring in the New Year resolutions! Despite the ones that are made every year without completion, there are still some goals that are very obtainable, like making new friends.

Friendship’s Secret Sauce: The Ingredients for a Lasting Bond

It’s always great to hear about childhood bonds that have lasted for years and years and years but this situation isn’t the same for everyone. Whether you have lost past friendships due to relocating, death, or a friend break-up, it can be a little scary to start over especially as an adult. In this episode of The *(Relate)able Podcast, hosts Sherween, Chantal, and Fiona take us through their friendship origin story where they all met at separate times during their 30s. Their shared passions and mutual connections via film, food and Caribbean stories brought them together. Listen to this episode below and continue scrolling for more tips on making friends.

8 TIPS ON MAKING FRIENDS AS AN ADULT

If your new year resolution is to make new friends, below are a few tips;

Find What You Enjoy: Joining a club in-person or virtually with others who share a common interest of yours is great way to start on a mutual ground.
Start Where You Are: Striking up a conversation with a co-workers or workout classmates, that you see weekly or everyday could also be a start to a bond. learning their interest or activities outside of work or that class you’re in, could spark a bond to last.
Volunteer: Finding a cause you care about can widen your circle with others who also support these same efforts.
Social Media: Seeing who else is following, liked or commented on a specific page or post, is another way to find someone with common interest or sense of humor as you.
Meet-up Groups: There are a few websites that create activities for meet-ups in person or online. They can provide a group of people to go to events or activities when you don’t want to go alone.
Travel: There’s something about being in a new environment that makes friendships last. Starting a conversation with someone on a tour with you, at an excursion, on the plane, bus or train could make your trip that much better and continue the adventures after the trip is over.
Family Members: Your cousins, siblings, aunts and uncles will always be blood but they can also be friends. Hanging with your family members outside of the Holidays or family reunions can make that bond even tighter.
Showcase Your Interests: Sometimes if you don’t see what you need, you have to be the one to make it happen. Step outside of your comfort zone and you won’t regret it!

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I hope this list helps you in your journey for new friendships, remember it’s all about being true to yourself while also trying something new! If you’d like to see more from The *(Relate)able Podcast, connect with them with the links below:

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